by archaeologist Mortimer Wheeler‚ began in 1921-1922 and uncovered important information of the highly complex civilization. One of the main cities was called Harappa. Harappa‚ like Mohenjo-Daro‚ grew along the Indus River. It came into existence earlier than and lasted longer than the southern city of Mohenjo-Daro. It was well known for its surprisingly advanced town planning. Each town and city was structured like a grid with wide streets which ran perpendicular to one another. Between the large
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Introduction and Location Indus civilization‚ also called Indus valley civilization or Harappan civilization‚ the earliest known urban culture of the Indian subcontinent. It was first identified in 1921 at Harappa in the Punjab region and then in 1922 at Mohenjo-daro (Mohenjodaro)‚ near the Indus River in the
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* Civilization Features of civilization: * government * jobs * art/arcitecture * laws * religion * cities * WRITING (very important) * social classes * technology At this time‚ all governments are monarchies. The king usually had divine and unquestionable power until the area over which he rules starts failing. Then people rebel. The earliest writing is in pictures‚ mostly caligraphy and such. The first to develop writing is most
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Chapter Summaries Chapter 1 Introduction: About five thousand years ago‚ the people of Sumer cherished the story of Gilgamesh who is the superhero king of Uruk. When Gilgamesh learns of Enkido from a hunter‚ he sends a temple prostitute to tame him whose words and actions signal the principal traits of civilized life in Sumer. The Sumerians‚ like many others‚ equated civilization with their own lifestyles. Mesopotamia‚ Egypt and the Indus Valley civilizations all developed along river floodplains
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the one at Harappa‚ excavated in the 1920s in what was at the time the Punjab province of British India (now in Pakistan).[10] Excavation of IVC sites have been ongoing since 1920‚ with important breakthroughs occurring as recently as 1999.[11] Mohenjo-Daro‚ a UNESCO World Heritage Site‚ is another well-known IVC archeological site. The Harappan language is not directly attested and its affiliation is unknown‚ though Proto-Dravidian‚ Elamo-Dravidian‚ or (Para-)Munda relations have been posited by
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The Role of Technology in Early Societies In the absence of technology‚ it would be extremely difficult for early societies to expand and flourish to their full potential. Since the beginning of history‚ we have seen technological advances occur in all growing societies. The first example of technology was seen in the early complex societies dating from 3500 B.C.E. to 500 B.C.E. With expansion of societies‚ we have witnessed advances in technology from peoples from Africa‚ Southern Asia‚ Eastern
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Neolithic Revolution (8000 BCE- 600 BCE) AP World History begins Domestication of plants Jared Diamond’s article "The Worst Mistake in Human History" First wheat in the Middle East Rice in East and Southeast Asia Yams in West Africa Maize in the Americas Tarot roots in New Guinea Domestication of animals Horses‚ cows‚ sheep‚ pigs‚ goats in Afro-Eurasia Llama only large
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The Indus civilisation was an ancient civilisation that flourished during the third millennium encompassing the Nile valley and the lands from the Mediterranean Sea east across the Iranian plateau to the greater Indus region. Primarily centred in modern day Pakistan‚ in the provinces of Sindh and Punjab‚ and India‚ in Gujarat and Rajasthan‚ its remains have also been excavated from Afghanistan‚ Turkmenistan and Iran. Historically part of Ancient India‚ it is one of the world’s three earliest urban
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materials to give them insight into the life of the Harappan ’s. (2) Harappan ’s are the name given to any of the ancient people belonging to the Indus Valley civilization. This article will be focusing mainly on the two largest cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro‚ and what has been discovered there. The discovery of the Indus Valley civilization was first recorded in the 1800 ’s by the British. The first recorded note was by a British army deserter‚ James Lewis‚ who was posing as an American engineer
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Paulino 1 Keslie Paulino Godfray Global History October‚ 16. 2012 Indus River Valley Civilization The first civilizations were found near the Indus River. The Indus river valley civilization is an ancient civilization that began by the Indus river valley. Civilization is an advanced state of human society in which science‚ culture‚ industry and government have been reached. Excavations first started in 1921-1922 directed to a civilization that began about 4‚000-5‚000 years ago and research
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